Four weeks later...

It has been a few weeks since Kimberly has left LA, and she was very, very bored. And anxious. She hasn't heard back from the PJO casting directors, so she wasn't sure if she should take it as a good or bad thing.

To cope with her boredom, she has been FaceTiming Charlie and some of her other friends. Charlie and Kim would talk for hours, about anything from acting to which kinds of grapes are the best. (it's the green crunchy ones. duh.)

But today, Charlie hasn't answered the phone the whole day. Kimberly is quite confused, as he always answers her calls, but now he isn't even answering her texts. Kimberly tries to shrug off all of her worries. Charlie would tell her if he is annoyed or tired of her, right?

Since Charlie wasn't answering the phone, Kimberly spent most of her day sulking and doodling while blasting music. She had to pause blasting "deja vu" by queen Olivia, due to the knock on her door.

"Come in!" Kimberly hollered. To her surprise, her dad was at the door, with some luggage. "Hey dad. Work trip, I'm guessing?" She asked.

Her dad nodded in response. "I just wanted to stop by to tell you that we are to expect guests tonight. I was supposed to be here, but the director filming Guardians of the Galaxy 3 needs assistance for the next few weeks. He just told me this morning, and the private jet is coming to pick me up soon," he said as Kimberly got up and walked towards him. "I suppose you will be okay for the next two weeks?"

"I don't know dad, maybe I will burn the house down," the teenage girl said with a wide grin and her dad smiled back. "But in all seriousness, I will be okay. I am 17 dad, not 10." Kimberly hugged her dad before biding him goodbye and watching him get into his car.

Kimberly didn't think of what her dad said about guests, completely forgetting about it. She got back to playing music, this time singing along, using a hairbrush for a microphone.

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A few hours later, Kimberly was on her phone as she heard a knock on the door. Huh? Who's supposed to show up today? Kimberly thought and mentally slapped herself. It's the guest, dumbass. No wonder I'm barely passing school right now.

Kimberly quickly got off the couch and walked to the door, pack of blueberries in hand. As she opened the door, her mouth fell open at the sight of who was at the door.

"Charlie!" Kimberly squealed at the smiling boy. Her blueberries were quickly thrown on the floor and she jumped into Charlie's arms, legs wrapped around his waist. The boy stumbled at the sudden jump but hugged Kim back to make sure that she wouldn't fall.

Charlie gently put Kimberly down on the ground. "So that's why you didn't answer my calls or my texts!" Kimberly said. "I was really worried that you were done with or tired of me."

"Yeah that's right, I'm here to visit your dad, not my best friend," Charlie said with a toothy grin that caused Kimberly's stomach to do flips. Stop, she thought. Not now. Not never. "Ahem, am I going to stand out here forever, or are you going to actually let me in?" The teenage boy asked.

"Yeah, yeah. Come in," Kimberly muttered, blushing. She quickly led the boy into the apartment and showed him his room.

"Whoa. Your apartment is really cool." Charlie said as he looked around.

(here's the vibe of it)

"Yeah, I can't complain," Kim shrugged. "My dad saved up for years to get an apartment in NY. And I also pitched in, so now I get to live with him and not feel bad." She smiled. "I will leave you to pack, you are probably tired too. I will be in the kitchen if you need anything," she said before leaving the guest room.

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Kimberly was cooking pasta with tomato sauce, using her dad's favorite recipe. After they moved to NY, he didn't have as much time to cook, so Kim took it upon herself to cook her dad's favorite foods and keep him happy and not overworked.

Anyways, Kimberly was cooking her pasta marinara, humming along to Laufey when her relatively peaceful evening was interrupted when a certain 17-year-old barged into the kitchen.

"I'm hungryyy, feed me please." Charlie whined as he placed himself on the counter, propping his head up with his hands.

"Oh my gosh, can you believe this boy?" Kimberly grumbled, looking to the fake camera. (breaking the fourth wall over here.)

"Hey! I'm not a boy, I'm a man!" Charlie exclaimed, offended.

"Yeah? Well if you are a man, come help me make your dinner," Kimberly responded. "Fine. You sound like my mom." Charlie said as he made his way to Kimberly.

"Well that's a compliment to me because your mom is amazing." Kim said, singing the last word.

Charlie smiled and quickly snapped a picture of Kimberly while she was cooking the pasta. "Hey!" Kim exclaimed. "If you are taking pictures of me, first, ask, second, send them to me."

"Of course I will. I don't want to be murdered today." Charlie joked.

The rest of the evening was spent in a similar manner; Charlie and Kimberly had dinner, binged a show, and played different card and board games (which Kimberly won of course.)

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kimberly.woodward oh my god this man barged in unannounced and asked for food. i obeyed out of fear. send help.

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     ⮑ iamcharliebushnell THIS TIME??!!
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user04 im so happy she moved on from Alex, she deserves someone so much better
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user07 is it just me or have Kim and Charlie been hanging out a lot recently?
⮑ user08 omg maybe they're dating
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A/n: i'm so sorry i haven't updated in so long! anyways, hope u enjoyed this chapter
i need some help with kim & charlie's ship name. drop ur ideas in the comments!
love you!